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Green Bay Girl Finds Needle in Halloween Candy

An 8 year old Green Bay girl sat down to enjoy some of here hard earned Halloween candy, and quickly realized that one piece had a needle in it. The child gave her candy to her grandmother, who immedi...

Assembly Votes To End Wisconsin Mining Moratorium

Wisconsin's moratorium on new sulfide mines is one step closer to being repealed. The state Assembly voted 55-38 on Thursday to let mining companies dig for copper, gold, silver, and zinc without havi...

GOP Limits On Home Tax Deductions Have Little Impact In State

Real estate experts say the proposed federal limits on property tax and mortgage interest deductions would have very little effect in Wisconsin. Marquette professor David Clark says home prices in the...

Sheboygan Man Holds Knife to Woman’s Throat

A Sheboygan man has been arrested after allegedly groping a woman, and holding a knife to a separate woman's throat. Police were called to a home on Autumn Court on Saturday on a report of a fight in ...

Assembly Toughens State Employee Insurance Ban For Abortions

The Wisconsin Assembly has toughened a ban on state employee insurance coverage for elective abortions. On a 61-35 vote Thursday, the lower house approved a Republican bill to allow the coverage for s...

The Facts about the Rumored Wolf in Kewaunee and Manitowoc Counties

There has been a lot of buzz about the presence of a wolf (wolves) in Kewaunee County over the past summer and fall. And as often happens, the reported presence of such an animal spawns many anecdotal...

Employees, Veterans Rally Outside Tomah VA Medical Center

A group in Tomah is trying to bring awareness to issues at the V-A medical center. Several employees and veterans rallied outside the center Wednesday to shed light on understaffing at V-A medical cen...

Man Killed In Pedestrian Crash Identified

A 59-year-old pedestrian who died after being hit by a truck in Superior has been identified as Kenneth Meinke of Superior. Police say he was crossing a wet Highway 35 in the downtown area Thursday mo...

More Die In State Crashes Following Mild, Rainy October

Twelve more people died in Wisconsin traffic crashes in October than in the same month last year. According to preliminary D-O-T figures, 58 people were killed in state crashes last month, up from 46 ...

State Cheese Production Again Lags Behind National Growth

Wisconsin continues to make more cheese, but the state's latest increase is again behind the national growth rate. The U-S-D-A says the Badger State made almost 272-million pounds of cheese in Septemb...